Quoted: William Cheng on Meritocracy’s Dark Side

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“In our perpetual race to get ahead by ‘merit alone,’ we would do well—more importantly, do good—by reflecting on what and who we’re willing to leave behind,” says Assistant Professor of Music William Cheng in a Huffington Post opinion piece about the downside of meritocracy.

William Cheng is a Dartmouth Public Voices fellow.

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